| ABLES |
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance
Program |
| AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| BLL |
blood lead level |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| CAIS |
Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey |
| CATI |
computer-assisted telephone interview |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CFOI
|
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries |
CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations |
CPS
|
Current Population Survey |
| CPWR |
The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights |
CSTE
|
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
CTS
|
carpal tunnel syndrome |
CWP
|
coal workers’ pneumoconiosis |
| CWXSP |
Coal Workers’ X-Ray Surveillance Program |
dL
|
deciliter(s) |
| DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
DOL
|
U.S. Department of Labor |
EPA
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPO |
Epidemiology Program Office |
FTE
|
full-time equivalent worker |
| HARS |
HIV/AIDS Reporting System |
HIV
|
human immunodeficiency virus |
| ICD–8 |
International Classification of Diseases, Eighth
Revision (World Health Organization) |
ICD–9
|
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision (World Health Organization) |
ICD–10
|
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth
Revision (World Health Organization) |
| ILO |
International Labour Office |
M–CAIS
|
Minority Farm Operation, Childhood Agricultural
Injury Survey |
MMWR
|
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
MSD
|
musculoskeletal disorder |
NaSH
|
National Surveillance System for Health Care Workers |
NASS
|
National Agricultural Statistics Service |
NAWS
|
National Agricultural Workers Survey |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
NCHSTP
|
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention |
NCID
|
National Center for Infectious Diseases |
n.e.c.
|
not elsewhere classified |
NEISS
|
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System |
NIOSH
|
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NNDSS |
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System |
NNIS
|
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System |
| NORMS |
National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System |
NORA
|
National Occupational Research Agenda |
n.o.s.
|
not otherwise specified |
NTOF
|
National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities Surveillance
System |
NSSPM
|
National Surveillance System for Pneumoconiosis
Mortality |
OASP
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy |
OMB
|
Office of Management and Budget |
OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PMR
|
proportionate mortality ratio |
SENSOR
|
Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational
Risk |
SIC
|
standard industrial classification |
SOII
|
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses |
| STD |
sexually transmitted disease |
TB
|
tuberculosis |
TISF
|
Traumatic Injury Surveillance of Farmers |
TST
|
tuberculin skin test |
USDA
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
WHO
|
World Health Organization |
Work-RISQS
|
Work-Related Injury Statistics Query System |
WoRLD
|
work-related lung disease |
WRA
|
work-related asthma |
| µg |
microgram(s) |
